Famous People with Name Cornwallis

Charles Cornwallis            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Charles Cornwallis: was a British army officer and colonial administrator. In the United States and Britain, he is best remembered as one of the leading generals in the American War of Independence. His 1781 surrender to a combined American-French force at the Siege of Yorktown is oftenly incorrectly considered the end of the war, although it continued for a further two years.

Oswald Wykeham Cornwallis            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Oswald Wykeham Cornwallis: was an English cricketer who played as a right-handed batsman. Cornwallis made his first-class debut for the Army against the Royal Navy in 1920. Cornwallis would play four matches for the Army, the last of which came against the Royal Navy in 1926.